About the Klingon Language

Here you can find information about the sound and look of Klingon, and even
learn a few useful phrases in the Warrior's Tongue. We also maintain a
list of "new" Klingon words. These are words that were created by the
language's inventor, Dr Marc Okrand, but not (yet) published in
easily-accessible works (such as his books). Rather, they have appeared in
online messages from him, or the pages of HolQeD, the KLI's scholarly journal.

The Klingon language is something truly unique. While there have been
other artificial languages, and other languages crafted for fictional
beings, Klingon is one of the rare times when a trained linguist has been
called upon to create a language for aliens. Add to this more than a
quarter-century of the Star Trek phenomenon, a mythos that has
permeated popular culture and spread around the globe. These factors begin
to explain the popularity of the warrior's tongue.

Klingon was invented by Marc Okrand, for use in some of the Star
Trek movies. He invented not just a few words to make the Klingons
sound alien, but a complete language, with its own vocabulary, grammar, and
usage.